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JOHN TRUMAN TAYLOR GRIM, OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

DOAVETAILING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,850, dated April 7,1903. Application filed October 25, 1902. Serial No. 128,778. (No modehl To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TRUMAN TAYLOR GRIM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cumberland, in the county of Allegany and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dovetailing-Machines, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in automatic dovetailing-machines.

It is the intention of the present invention to provide a machine which is automatic or self-feeding, it only being necessary for the operator to place the stock or material on the bed so the lugs on the conveying-chains may engage the same, and when power is applied through a train of power-transmitting devices the material will be moved properly relative to a suitably-shaped rapidly-revolving cutterdie and the mortises and tenons cut as desired without further attention on the part of the operator.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the work retaining or holding attachments that two pieces of material may be held therein contiguous to each other, one vertically and the other horizontally, whereby the rapidly-revolving cutter die or bit will simultaneouslycut pins or tenons in one piece and grooves or mortises in the other.

A further advantage incident to the stockretaining attachment is that no levers, screws, or like means are .necessary to hold the material in proper position, as the pressure exerted by the bars of the attachment is sufficient for this purpose.

I also have in contemplationthe production of a machine the cutting-bits of which are so mounted that they may be readily removed and others substituted, the bearing-boxes for the shafts or spindles of the cutter-bits being so constructed as to take up all wear or play, such boxes being also employed to adjust the cutters vertically.

Another object is to provide means for clamping and feeding pieces of stock or work commonly known as half-swells and generally used for making the front sections of bureau-drawers and the like. Owing to the peculiar shape of the'half-swells, it is impossible to insert such in the machine in the orvation.

simplicity and efiectiveness of operation and capable of being manufactured at comparatively small expense.

With these and other objects of a similar nature in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribe d in this specification,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims.

While I have herein illustrated and described one form or embodiment of my invention, it will of course be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details thereof, as there can be changes and modifications in some respects without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mechanism embodying my improvements, showing the mounting of the power-transmitting devices and the means for actuating the stock carrying or conveying chains. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken transversely through the machine on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3 and showing the supplemental frame in side ele- Fig. 3 is-a top plan view of the machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the machine, a portion of the framework being removed; Fig.5 .is an end View, partly in elevation and partly in section, of a portion of the table or bed of the machine and the adjustable pressure or clamping bars mounted thereon, said view also illustrating the manner of retaining the stock in position when subjected to the action of the cutter-bits. Fig. 6 is a longitu- Fig. 5, but showing the means employed for supporting short irregularly-shaped sections of material, such as used for making the fronts of bureau-drawers and the like.' Fig. 8 is a detail view, partly in section, of the bracket and bearing-box employed for supporting the cutting-bits, a bit and its supporting-shaft being shown in elevation. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the arrangement of the shaft and gearing for transmitting motion to the stock carrying or conveyer chains. Fig. 10 is a side view of a portion of my preferred form of carrying or conveyer chain. Fig. 11 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 12 is a detail view of the ratchetand-lever mechanism for actuating the stockconveying means. Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view showing the positions which two pieces of material occupy relative to each other when in the machine. Figs. 14 and 15 are detail perspective views of mortise-andtenon joints as formed by my machine; and Fig. 16 is a horizontal and sectional view of an end of a dovetail drawer-front and one side of the same in the relative positions they occupy when held in the clamping-bars, but inverted.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the letter A designates the base portion of the framework of my machine, which may be mounted in any desired manner at a convenient place. Extending entirely across this base portion is a dovetailed projecting strip or bar 1, which may be formed integral with the base or, if desired, may be a bar attached thereto. Upon the base is mounted a frame or box-like structure composed of the vertical side and rear walls 2 and 3 and the top or table-like portion 4. The base 5 of the frame or box portion is recessed or grooved to receive the dovetailed projecting bar 1 in such manner that said box or frame may slide or move along the base toward and from the center of the machine, with the aforesaid bar 1 as a retaining and guiding means. A longitudinal groove, as shown at (i, is formed in the projecting bar 1, and into this groove is fitted an apertured projection orlug 7, formed on the base of the frame or box-like structure above referred to. A relatively long screwrod 8, adapted to be turned by a wheel 9, lies in the said groove and extending through the aperture in the depending lug 7 of the base of the frame or box causes the said box portion and the parts supported thereby to walls 10 and 11; respectively, and the top portion 12.

Secured to the front of the aforesaid frames or boxes in any desired manner are the for wardly-extending brackets or arms 13 and 14, supporting at their outer ends the horizontally-disposed counter-shaft 15. If desired, the counter-shaft may be further supported by means of uprightstandards, as shown at 16.

As will be seen by reference to Fig. 3, the shaft 15 has mounted thereon two ordinary belt-pulleys 17 and 18, and said shaft has also rigidly mounted thereon, so as to rotate therewith, the two comparatively large belt-pulleys 19 and 20, designed for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned.

Near one end of the shaft 15 is revolubly mounted a sprocket'clutch member 21, which clutch member, owing to its being loose upon the shaft, is normally stationary when said counter-shaft is revolving, but when engaged by a corresponding clutch member 22, slidably mounted on and rotatable with the afore said shaft 15 and designed to be shifted into engagement with the sprocket clutch member 21 by means of the lever 23, pivoted to the framework of the machine, the sprocket clutch member 21 will turn with the shaft and through the medium of the endless chain 26 will drive the sprocket 24:, rigidly connected with the turning shaft 25. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 4 in particular, this shaft 25 is journaled in the framework of the box structures above referred to and extends horizontally the entire length of the machine. Rigidly mounted at each end of the said shaft, adjacent to the interior' surfaces of the side walls 2 and 11, are the wheelpulleys 27 and 28, each being provided along its exterior face with an ec'centrically -arranged cam-groove 29. A horizontally-disposed bifurcated bracket or arm 31 is slidably mounted between guideways or bars 32 32 in each of the two frame portions heretofore referred to, and at the shank portion of each of said brackets is carried a pintle or stud 30, adapted to be seated in the cam-groove of the respective adjacent pulley-wheels. The jaws forming the bifurcated portion of these arms are centrally apertured and preferably screw-threaded, as will be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 8, wherein I have shown the arrangement and mounting of the parts of one of the cutter mechanisms. These apertures are designed to receive the screwthreaded glands or caps 33 33, which are centrally vertically bored to permit the passage of the vertically-arranged cutter-bit-carrying spindle 34. On that portion of the spindle lying between the jaws of the bifurcated bracket is mounted the spindle 35, adapted to foam a pulley or hearing for the quarterbelt 36, driven from the countershaft 15. The vertical bores in the arms of the spindlebracket are frusto-conical in shape to form hearings or seats for the tapered portions 37 and 38 of the cutter-spindle. This arrangement permits any wear or play caused by the friction of the spindle on the side walls of the interior of the gland to be remedied by ad.-

i It I shaft is turned throughthe medium of power applied thereto from any suitable source the bit spindles will be revolved through the agency'of the wheel-pulleys 19 and 20 driving the quarter-belts encirclingthe spools of the bit-spindles. Under these circumstances.

assuming the clutch members 21 and 22 to be in" their disengaged position, the cutter-bit spindle will have only a rotating movement imparted thereto; but on connecting the clutch members as hereinbefore described the sprocket-wheel 24 and the shaft 25' will parallel with its outer edge.

be revolved; causing the turning of the camgrooved pulleys 27 and 28, mounted on the said shaft, thus imparting to the bifurcated bracket and carrying-arm a reciprocating movement and causing the cutting-bit to ,move back and forth in the elongated slot,

the cutter therefore having a continuous ro- -tary and a reciprocating movement imparted thereto simultaneously.

So farthe above description has pertained mainly to the manner of construction and the method of operating the dovetail-cutting devices, and I will now proceed to describe in detail the means'employed for leading the stock or work to the cutters.

Revolubly journaled beneath'the topportions 4 and 12 of the'box' structure'at the frontof the machine is a horizontally-disposed' shaft 41,.which for thesake of convenience and clearness I shall hereinafter term the conveyer-shaft. This conveyer-shaft has imparted to it-an intermittent rotary motion. through the medium of the following mechanismzTOn the shaft, a short distance from the end thereof, is rigidly mounted a ratchet-wheel, as at 42, the teeth on theperiphery of said wheel passing through alongitudinal slot formed in the top portion12,

An intermittent or. step-by-step motion is'irnparted to this wheel by the pawl 43, carried by the link 44,which link is connected by a lever 45 with a second link or rod 46, carrying at its lower free end a roller 47, adapted to be normally held in contactwith the surface of a cam 48, mounted on the shaft 25, by means of the tension-spring 49. clearly illustrated in detail in Fig. '12. 1 As willbe seen, the lever 45 and its accompanying parts'are reciprocated back and forth in the slot by the action of the.toe of'theica'm forcing the link'46' outward against the tension'of'tliespring 49, and when the link 46.

bevel-gear at one edge. as will be clearly seen in Fig. 9, mesh with This arrangement of parts is.

has been pas'sedby the toe of the cam the spring will retract the lever and cause the pawl 43 to engage, another tooth on the rack 42. On the conveyer-shaft at a point preferably beneath the inner ends of the top portions are mounted the sprocket wheels or disks 47 and 48 adapted to act as supports and motion-transmitting means for the endless conveyer-chains 49 and 50, which chains also extend around similar rotatable sprocketdisks 51 and 52. As willbe seen on reference to Fig. 3, these chains lie in longitudinal slots adjacent to the inner edges of the said top portions. v

The conveyor-chains used in my improved machine are preferably constructed as shown in Figs. 10 and 11-that is to say, with the two outside link-faces 53 53, a second member 54, having a centrally-apertured rectanportion of the part 54 is secured a lug or projection 57,'held in place by means'of a bolt and nut 58. These lugs are placed suitable distances apart on the chain and are designed to engage the surfaces of the work or stock as itis being conveyed through the machine by the'aforesaid chains. Roller-bearings, as at 59, may be journaled beneath the central portion of the top frames to act as supports for the chains and prevent them sagging.

-On the outer portion of said conveyer-shaft and adjacent to the said sprocket-disks 47 48 are the collars 59 and 60, each having a These bevel-gears,

corresponding bevel-gears 61 and 62, carried by upright shafts 63 64, which extend-up through-the top portions 4 and 12 of the frame and are revolved through the motion transmitted through the intermes'hing gears just described.

Carried by the upper portions of the shafts 63 64 are horizontallydisposed sprocketwheels 65 66'and 67 68, preferably twofor each shaft, as shown, the space between the sprockets on each shaft being occupied by horizontally-disposed bars 69 and 70. At the rear end of each of the bars 69 and 70 are arand 7374." Each pair of sprocket wheels '3' ust referred to, which lie in the same horizontal plane, is encircled'by an'endless chain ITO 75, similar in'structure to'the chain hereinbefore described and provided with similar projections orlugs. r

Strips 76,'of any suitable material, such as wood or metal, extend over these chains their entire 1ength,.thus serving as ameansyfor of the portions 4 and 12 by'means of suitable Jbrackets, as shown at 76 To the top of hereinafter described.

neath said extension the member is cut away' in such manner as to form a tongue extending through a slot formed in a block 80, so

that the latter is adjusted vertically a short distance on said arm. The under faces of these blocks are in turn grooved longitudi-.

nally to receive and support the pressure-bar 81, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The bar 81 is in turn adjustable relative to the block 80 by means of screw-pins secured to said bar and passing through the vertical slot formed in said block. Between the top of the bar 81 and the top wall, forming a groove in the block, is interposed a spring-clip, as shown at 82, (see Fig. 2,) for the purpose of giving to the bar a spring pressure or tension. The block is in turn adjustable relative to the inverted- U shaped arm by means of a set-screw 83, extending through the seat on the arm and bearing in said block. Generally there are two such inverted- U -shaped arms for supporting each of, the pressure-bars 81, and it is of course to be understood that the arrangement of parts just described is carried out in each block or arm employed.

The bar 81 and its accompanying parts just described are employed for the purpose of retaining the end of the piece of material employed for making the top of an article, such as a bureau-drawer, the position of the material being clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 7, such top piece being designated by the letter B; but to retain the stock 0 employed for making the side portion of the box or drawer a horizontally-disposed pressure-bar 84 is ad- 'justably mounted on the two parallel U- shaped arms lying in the same longitudinal planes on the machine by means of set-screws, such as shown at 85. By means of this bar pressure on the stock, which is held vertically in the machine, may be as heavy or as light as desired.

The above construction of machine is designed for use particularly when the stock to be worked on is straight-that is, stock having no irregularly-shaped surfaces-and if it be desired to dovetail such an irregular piece of work, such as the swelled or curved front of a bureau-drawer or the like, it is necessary to provide a means for holding said front while the edges are being acted on by the guide-cutters, and to accomplish this purpose I have devised the following mechanism: Extending transversely of the base portion of the machine and rigidly secured thereto is a bar86, provided with suitable bearing-blocks 87 87. Resting in these bearing-blocks and extending transversely beneath the central portion of the machine is ashaft 88, carrying at each end a vertically-disposed bevel-gear 89, each of such bevel-gears being adapted to mesh with a corresponding bevel-gear 90, which is horizontally disposed and revolubly supported on the vertical tubular shafts 91 92. Each upper section or tubular shaft 92 has its interior portion screw-threaded to receive a screw-shank 93, rigidly connected with each of the aforesaid bevel-gears 90. A hand-wheel, as at 94, is'mounted at the central portion of the shaft 88 for the purpose of turning said shaft and imparting motion to the bevel-gears. The upper end of each of the tubular shaft portions 92 is enlarged to form a supporting portion 95. These portions are designed to support the parallel bars 96, supporting and carrying aconveyerchain 97, similarin-construction to the chains hereinbefore described. In order to permit motion to be imparted to the conveyer carried by the said bars, a gear-wheel 97 is mounted centrally of the conveyer-shaft 41 and when turned'by said shaft imparts motion to a second gear-wheel 98, mounted on a shaft 98, through an intermediate gearwheel 99, mounted on a shaft 98, there being rigidly mounted on the shaft 98 a sprocket- Wheel 98", carrying one end of the conveyerchain. Thus when the conveyer-shaft is revolved motion will be imparted through this train of gearing to the sprocket-wheel 98, and consequently to the chain, and it will move in unison with the conveyer-chains arranged on each side thereof. The entire halfswell attachment may be moved on the central portion or base of the machine through the medium of a screw-rod 100, carrying at one end a bevel-gear 101, meshing with a corresponding bevel-gear 102, which latter bevelgear is actuated through a shaft and wheel 103. When these devices are put into operation, the central attachment may be slid along the machine in a manner similar to that of the movable section or frame. It will further be observed that this central attachment in addition to being shifted along the length of the machine may be raised orlowered through the mechanism hereinbefore described, as desired, according to whether it is in or out of use. Indeed, if necessary or convenient, the entire attachment-may be removed from the machine.

To retain the ends of short pieces of work or half-swell portions in place while subjected to the action of the cutter-bits, a T-shaped guide, as at 104, holds the contiguous or adjacent ends of the material, which rest upon the central auxiliary attachment hereinbefore described, securelyin place, and these T- shaped guides have a groove formed at their lower portions for the passage of the conveyer-chains.

For the purpose of adjusting or taking up the slack of the chains 75, mounted on the rear horizontally-arranged sprocket-wheels 71, 72, 73,and 74 on the top of the frames,I have interposed in the slot in the rear of the bars 69 and 70 bearing-blocks, as at 105, which blocks are horizontally adjustable through means of the set-screws 106. A shaft, as at 107, extends through each of said sliding or adjustable blocks, andfthe aforesaid sprocketwheels are mounted at the extremities of these shafts. By means of the set-screws it will be readily observed that the blocks can be shifted back or forth in the aforesaid slots and the chain thus loosened or tightened, as desired. I From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation of the machine will be evident. The stock or work is fastened in the machine by means of the clamping or pressure bars in the manner shown in Figs 5 and 7. The

members of the clutch members on the coun-' tor-shaft are then connected and power is imparted to said shaft to revolve the same. This revolution of theshaft will impart motion by the large chain and sprocket-wheel at the side of the machine to the shaft 25, ex-

tending thcrethrough. The cam-wheels 27 and heretofore described in detail, will then carry the stock or work through the machine in the path of the rapidly-rotating cutter-bits, such work being held or retained by the pressurebars and the lugs on the chain.

. of the cutting-bit upon the work willbe readily understood by reference to Figs. 5, 6,

7, and 15.

On an examination of the pressure-bars it will be noted that they are slightly curved or beveled at the ends thereof. Owing to this conformation, as the work or stock is carried,

by the conveyer-chains into the path of the cutting-bit the maximum pressure of the bars will be exerted upon such work only I while the cutters'are acting upon the same.

The'purpose of this is to relieve the machine of any continued unnecessary strain or pres sure by the bars upon portions of the work which are not immediately adjacent to the cutters, the entire strain being exerted 'by the central portion of the pressure-bars upon the workimmediately in the path of the cut it is unnecessary to dwell upon the same in detail here. I

Having thus describedv my invention, I

claim as new and Patent- The action desire to secure by Letters mounted on said base portion, clamping devices carried by said frames, conveying means mounted on said. frames adjacent to. the clamping devices, cutting mechanism supported in the frames, and supplemental clamping and conveying means interposed between the movable frame and the stationary frame, substantially as set forth.

3. Inadovetailing-machine,abaseportion, frames mounted thereon, clamping and conveying devices carried by said frames, a horizoutallymovable and vertically-adjustable supplemental conveyer mounted adjacent to said frames, cuttingme'chanism slidably supported adjacent to clamping and conveying devices, a counter-shaft, and power-transmitting devices actuated from said shaft for imparting motion to the cutting mechanism, the conveying devices and to the supplemental conveyer, substantially as set forth.

4. A dovetailingmachine, comprising a base portion, frames mounted thereon, clamping devicesand conveying means carried by said frames, cutting mechanisms supported in said frames, a counter-shaft, power-transmitting devices connected with the countershaft, for imparting motion to the cutting mechanisms, and a spring-tensioned pawlcarrying lever mechanismactuated by the rotation of the counter-shaft for imparting motion to the conveying means.

5. A dovetailing-machine, comprising a base portion, frames mounted thereon, clamping devices and conveying means carried by said frames, cutting mechanisms mounted in said frames, acounter-shaft, means for transmitting power from the counter-shaft to the cutting mechanismsfor rotating the latter, a clutch mechanism comprising two members, one loose on the cou nter-shaft, the other slidably mounted on said shaft, and motion-imparting devices interposed between the clutch member loose on the shaft and conveying means, whereby when the sliding member of the clutch is shifted into engagement with the loose member, the conveying devices will be actuated simultaneously with the movement of the cutting mechanisms, substantially as set forth.

6. A dovetailin'g machine, comprising a base portion, frames spaced apart and mounted thereon, clamping devices and conveying means carried by said frames, cutting mech-' anisms slidably and rotatably mounted in said frames,power-transmitting devices for simultaneously actuating the conveying means and the cuttingmechanisms, vertically-dis posed supplemental clamping and conveying ineans interposed between the frames, and

means for moving or shifting said supplemental means on the base of the machine, substantially as set forth.

7. A dovetailingmachine, comprising a tnain frame, conveying means carried by said main frame, a supplemental conveyer also carried by said frame, and means for imparting motion to the said conveying means and to the supplemental conveyer, said motionimparting means comprising a counter-shaft mounted adjacent to the main frame, a second shaft journaled in the main frame, a third or conveyer shaft, power-transmitting devices actuated by the counter-shaft for imparting motion to the second-mentioned shaft, means for transmitting power from the second shaft to the conveyer-shaft, means mounted on the conveyer-shaft for imparting motion to the main conveying means, and gearing on the counter-shaft meshing with gearing on the supplemental conveyer for actuating the latter, substantially as set forth.

S. A dovetailing-machine, comprising a frame, conveying means mounted thereon, and means for imparting motion to said conveying means, such motion-imparting means comprising a power-actuated counter-shaft, a second shaft journaled in the frame, powertransmitting devices connecting the countershaft with the said second shaft, a third or conveyer shaft mounted in the frame, means carried by said conveyer-shaft for imparting motion to the conveying means, and devices for imparting motion from the second to the third or conveyer shaft, said means comprising a ratchet-wheel on the conveyer-shaft, a

link-carried pawl engaging with said ratchetwheel, a lever connected with the pawl-link, a second link at the other end of said lever, a tension-spring connected with said lever, and a cam on the second shaft for contacting with the last-mentioned link, the construction being such that the spring and cam will codperate to rotate the ratchet on the conveyershaft.

9. A dovetailingmachine, comprising a frame, conveying devices carried by said frame, cutting mechanism mounted in the frame, means for imparting a rotary motion to the cutting mechanism, and means forimparting a reciprocating motion to said cutting mechanism and simultaneously imparting motion to the conveying means, the last-mentioned motion-imparting means comprising a counter-shaft, a second shaft journaled in the frame, power-transmitting devices connecting the counter-shaft with the second shaft,

a sliding bracket carrying the cutting mechanism, cam devices for reciprocating the bracket, a spring-tensioned lever mechanism adapted to impart motion to the conveying means, and a second cam device for actuating the lever mechanism, substantially as set forth.

10. In a dovetailing-machine, the combination of the main frame, a cutting mechanism,

a counter-shaft, power-transmitting devices actuated by the counter-shaft for imparting motion to the cutting mechanism, conveying means mounted on the top of said frame, and means for imparting power from the countershaft to the conveying means, said powerimparting means comprising a sprocket clutch member loosely mounted on the coun-' ter-shaft, a sliding clutch member adapted to rotate with said counter-shaft and be shifted into and out of'engagement with the sprocketclutch, a shaft journaled in the main frame, a sprocket-wheel at the end of said shaft, an endless chain connecting said sprocket-wheel with the sprocket clutch member, a linked lever, and pawl-and-ratchet mechanism interposed between the shaft in the main frame and the conveying means, actuated by the movement of the last-mentioned shaft, for imparting motion to said conveying means.

11. In a dovetailing mechanism, the combination of a base having mounted thereon a stationary member and a movable member, of clamping devices and conveying means mounted on the members, supplemental clamping and conveying means interposed between the members and slidable horizontally relative to the same, a shaft supported by the members and connected with the supplemental conveying means, and power-actuated means mounted in the stationary member, adapted to impart rotary motion to the shaft and thereby drive the supplemental conveying means, substantially as set forth.

12. In a dovetailing-machine, a base portion, a stationary frame and a movable frame mounted on said base portion, clamping devices and conveying means carried by said frame, a supplemental frame mounted on the base portion between the stationary'fraine and the movable frame, and slidable horizontally relative to said frame, vertically-adjustable standards carried by said supplemental frame, conveying means supported by said standards, and means for simultaneously operating the conveying means of the stationary frame, the movable frame and the supplemental frame, substantially as set forth.

13. In a dovetailing-machine, the combination of a frame,cutting devices mounted thereon, a supplemental frame movable horizontally relative to the first-mentioned frame, vertically-adj ustable standards carried by the supplemental frame, horizontallydisposed bars connecting the standards, sprocketwheels mounted on said bars, and endless lugcarrying chains extending over said sprocketchains extending over said sprocket-wheels, ashaftjournaledin the first-mentioned frame, gearing connecting the shaft with one of the sprocket-wheels, and means on the first-mentioned frame adapted when actuated, to impart a step-by-step rotary motion to the shaft, thereby driving the supplemental conveyingchains through the medium of the sprocket and gearing, substantially as set forth.

14. In a dovetailing-machine, thecombina- 1 ed therein, clamping devices and conveyupper ends, and means for imparting motion ing means mounted on the frame, a. horizontally-movable supplemental frame, standards mounted on the supplemental frame," horizontally-disposed parallel barscarried at the upper ends of said standards, an endless conveying-chain supported between said parallel bars; and means for vertically adjusting the standards to raise or lower the same relative -to the first-mentioned frame, said means comprising screw-threaded rods entering the lower tubular ends of the standards, a gearto the conveying-chains, said means comprising a power-actuated counter-shaft and a second shaft, means for transmitting power from the counter-shaft to the secondshaft, a third or conveyer shaft adapted to be rotated through the medium of devices connected with the second shaft, and a train of gearing extending from the third or conveyer shaft to the conveying-chain, adapted to impart motion from said shaft to said chain, substantially as set forth.

16. In a dovetailing-machine, the combination of a main frame provided with a slotted top portion, cutting mechanism mounted beneath the main frame and extending through the slotted top portion thereof, conveying means mounted on said top portion above the cutting mechanism, vertically-disposed U- shapedarms or supports mounted on the top portion above the conveying means, a laterally-disposed pressure or clamping bar carried by and interposed between the members of the U-shaped arms, and adjustable relative to a portion of the conveying means, and a second and vertically-disposed clamping or pressure bar also carried by said arms, the vertically-disposed bar being adjustable relative to the top of the main frame, the two bars being adapted to clamp two pieces of stock or material at right angles in the path of the cutting mechanism, substantially as set forth.

17. In a dovetailing-machiue, the combination of the main frame, cutting mechanism carried thereby, a driving-spool connected with said cutting mechanism, a counter-shaft located adjacent to the framework, a wheelpulley on the counter-shaft, a belt connecting the Wheel-pulley with the spool on the cutting mechanism for rotating the latter, a shaft extending through the framework of the machine and carrying cam devices conthe sprocket clutch member, substantially as set forth.

18. In a dovetailing-machine, the combination of a base portion, a stationary frame-section mounted thereon, a movable section slidable on the base portion, a supplemental frame also slidably mounted on said base portion, intermediate the aforesaid stationary framesection and the slidable main-frame section, cutting mechanism carried by the said framesections, clamping and conveying devices mounted on said sections, conveying devices mounted on the sliding supplementalframe, and a guide for retaining the ends of the work in position on the supplemental frame, substantially as set forth.

19. In a dovetailing-machine, the combination of a base portion, a main-frame section stationary on the base portion, a second mainframe section slidably mounted on the base portion, cutting mechanism carried by each of the main-frame sections, a supplemental frame mounted on the baseportion intermediate the main-frame sections, means for shift ing said supplemental frame horizontally, conveying devices carried by said supplemental frame, means for vertically adjusting said conveying devices, and a T-shaped guide for retaining the edges of the work in place when said edges are being supported by and carried on the conveying devices of the supplemental frame, substantially as described,

20. In a dovetailing-machine, a base portion, a stationary frame, and a movable frame slidably mounted thereon, conveying devices carried by said frames, a supplemental conveyer mounted on the frame, movable intermediate the stationary frame and the movable frame, the conveying devices on the stationary and movable frames comprising horizontally-disposed chains extending over rear horizontally-disposed sprocket-wheels,

and a set-screw for each of said blocks, the

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN TRUMAN TAYLOR GRIM.

construction and arrangement of the parts being such that the chains of the main conveying devices may be loosened or tightened through theadjustmentoftheaforesaidblocks 5 in the slotted portions of the bars, substan- \Vitnesses:

tially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myl RALPH WILLARD, CHARLES S. OFFUTT. 

